Maxthon Cloud

In the last decade of the last century, Changyou made a customization of Internet Explorer 5 called MyIE This free and independently developed version, It was positively received by browsers around the world until Changyou left the project in 2000, leaving behind the release of most of the browser's source code.

Jie Chen, continued with the evolution of MyIE and in 2002 released MyIE2, with a great contribution in the form of plugins, skins and tests, by the user community. In 2003, the new name arrives: Maxthon.

A new opponent enters the arena

The eternal war of browsers, which has been going on since the days of Mosaic, seems to be stuck with the same old rivals. Internet Explorer, Mozilla and Chrome; while Apple's Opera and Safari are in the background.

However, in 2010 Microsoft included this browser on the BrowserChice.eu web, yes, in a discreet second level; continuing with increasing acceptance and culminating in August 2012 when it is included in the first level of browsers that Microsoft offers its customersin the installation of its Windows (either 7 or 8) in the European Union. In addition to being a renowned browser on Android and iOS mobile devices and tablets.

Things to highlight in Maxthon

Really in a matter of browsers you could say that “everything is invented”, or at least that is the feeling we have since the birth of tabs.But Maxthon represents a breath of fresh air since it combines at its heart the best of the Chrome Webkit together with the IE engine, but adding striking features as standard.Night mode As the name implies, copying GPS navigators, this is a quick way to change the colors and the entire theme of the navigator to make it much more Nice to use in low light environments.Information bar I have a status bar at the bottom left that I can easily configure to display, among other data, the public ip and the private; cpu usage and amount of ram consumed; download and upload speed; etc.Split screen A curious utility that splits the browser screen in two, and where I can have its own tabs in each of them. I had not seen it in another browser and it is quite comfortable when you have to use two screens of content simultaneously. Auto refresh For F5 lovers, in the simplest way I can tell the browser to refresh a tab every X time, where X is defined by me to my liking.Development Tools It is true that all modern browsers include them, but Maxthon's, I can assure you, has nothing to envy to any other.Account and synchronization Without going too deep, Maxthon in this version has placed a lot of emphasis on the Cloud Browser concept, and allows me to register my personal profile to , among many other social functions, being able to have all my devices synchronized where I use this browser.

At first glance, Maxthon could be considered a direct competitor to Chrome , as it feels very similar to Google's browser. Although it can also corner our Internet Explorer given the ease it has to switch to the Microsoft browsing engine, making it less essential to have the Redmond browser installed.

If I compare it with Opera, it could be at the same level of number of options and curious features, but with a much less strident graphic design. And starting from Safari, it is much more complete and beautiful – with how subjective this assessment is.

For now, the only two drawbacks I've found is that the tabs can't be undocked by drag & drop , and the concealer I can't get him to use the Spanish dictionary.

In summary, a browser that I am giving a chance to, leaving me with a good taste in my mouth both for design, user experience and usefulness; and which already has a slot in the app bar alongside IE and Chrome.

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